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BTS Biomedical
BTS TMJOINT
introduction
understand for both the physician and patient.
The specialized software BTS Dental Contact Analyzer, provide, indeed,
the automatic indices calculation, plotted in a table form, with pie charts
and histograms.
BTS TMJOINT is a modular and scalable solution, structured on various
levels of analysis.
The first level, called POC4, includes 4 capture probes and the analysis
protocol. Through a quick 5 second clenching test, the activities of the
masseter and anterior temporal muscles, right and left, provide, as an
immediate result, a POC percentage overlapping coefficient (an index
of the symmetric distribution of the muscular activity determined by
the occlusion) and a TORS torque coefficient (to estimate the possible
presence of mandibular torque), which makes it possible to establish the
role of occlusion on muscular balance.
A third index, called IMPACT, allows to evaluate the muscular work,
providing information about the occlusal vertical dimension.
The second level, called POC6, adds to the previous 2 capture probes for
calculating the indices related to the sternocleidomastoid muscle, right and
left. The effects of the teeth touching, on the neck muscles are evaluated.
The third level, called MASTICATION, analyses the neuromuscular
coordination during mastication. The masticatory frequency, the Lissajous
curve, and indices of muscle symmetry are calculated.